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Rh 3) Foreign words ending in -iv, -ment, -om, -um are neuter; et Komplement (but en Kompliment); et Ultimatum, et Arkiv, et Axiom.

160. Compound words have the gender of the last component part: en Bordplade a table slab, et Hesteben a horse's leg.

161. Some words imply a different meaning according as they are used in common gender or neuter. In other cases originally different words have the same sound, but disagree in gender.